U.S. Information Agency February 16, 2018 [Note: The Center for Islamic Pluralism calls on U.S. authorities to shut Twitter down. — 16 February 2018. his document, although nearly 30 years old, is posted as a contribution to the current debate…Read more

CIP February 16, 2018 Today, US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein disclosed the indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three entities accused of breaking US laws to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. Our founder, Ashk Sylejman, born Stephen Schwartz,…Read more

CIP February 13, 2018 Our founder, Ashk Sylejman, born Stephen Schwartz, has been barred permanently from Twitter, one of the most prominent Russian-controlled social media platforms in the West. As visible below, our Ashk, a Sufi and peacemaker between religions,…Read more

Arguments and Facts International [Moscow-London] January 7, 2018 CIP reproduces this text by our founder, published in the first uncensored media in the former Soviet Union. — Zana] At the beginning of the process of reform in the Soviet Union,…Read more

CIP December 25, 2017 Our founder, Ashk Sylejman, born Stephen Schwartz, has been barred from U.S. social media. Our Ashk with our common “father.” Thank YOU, U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton, for saving Kosova! We all know our Ashk is…Read more

National Review December 15, 2017 [We offer this credo by our founder Ashk Sylejman. Not one step back. Zana] On June 7 [2003, the National Post, a Canadian daily, published a rather amusing article by Jeet Heer, titled “Trotsky’s ghost…Read more

CIP November 5, 2017 The Centre for Islamic Pluralism offers 10 provisional theses on the recent coup in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 1. We interpret the Saudi coup as a restoration of control over the state by the Sudairi…Read more

CIP October 24, 2017 Since our establishment following the atrocities of 11 September 2001 the Center for Islamic Pluralism (CIP) has stood for religious pluralism, social justice, and public transparency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). CIP builds on…Read more